What does this mean for the national election or just local politics do you think? On big tickets we see safe bets often
this post was submitted on 04 Mar 2026
23 points (100.0% liked)
Politics
11411 readers
158 users here now
In-depth political discussion from around the world; if it's a political happening, you can post it here.
Guidelines for submissions:
- Where possible, post the original source of information.
- If there is a paywall, you can use alternative sources or provide an archive.today, 12ft.io, etc. link in the body.
- Do not editorialize titles. Preserve the original title when possible; edits for clarity are fine.
- Do not post ragebait or shock stories. These will be removed.
- Do not post tabloid or blogspam stories. These will be removed.
- Social media should be a source of last resort.
These guidelines will be enforced on a know-it-when-I-see-it basis.
Subcommunities on Beehaw:
This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
A shame since Crockett is so inquisitive and critical - but I guess Talarico probably has a higher chance of turning Texas blue?
Pragmatism in Texas indicates going for the white male. I didn't make the rules, and I can't even vote anymore, given my lack of a fixed address. You get mailed a new voter card every year, and they can't be forwarded, so you're just dropped from the rolls.
Also a bunch of fuckery with voting times and voting locations.
Should be making more of a stir about people making it harder for you to vote. Oppose the "other"-ing with "you".
Yupp, I think thats why a lot of democrats voted for him in the primary. We know we'll have to contend with the general population in November which skews more racist and sexist. Very unfortunate because I really liked Crockett as a candidate.
Yeah, but man I'm reading through her wiki rn and there's some stuff I missed. Stuff like:
In March 2025, Crockett called Governor Greg Abbott, who is handicapped and uses a wheelchair, "Governor Hot Wheels"
And
In February 2026, Crockett came under criticism for seemingly using AI in a Super Bowl campaign advertisement, to generate a crowd of supporters. The criticism was first raised by Democratic strategist Keith Edwards, who claimed to have found a SynthID watermark in the ad, indicating the use of Google Gemini. In a response, Crockett's team did not deny the allegations.
So like...maybe some of those things turned democratic voters off?
Maybe but fyi, governor Hot wheels is a pretty regular term for texas democrats to call him, so not really a completely out of left field thing to hear.
The AI thing is cringe worthy though
Hot Wheels is what we call him. Let's not get into what we think of the tree leaving him intact.
Let's not get into what we think of the tree leaving him intact.
I can feel that from half a continent away, and what I would give to see him throw hands with another one...